House Phones

Hi!

This might be a silly question, but will my (BT) UK house phones work in Australia? Are the telephone ports the same as UK?

Thanks..

Wall socket is different but the RJ11 socket on the phone is the same (this is an international standard)

Phone unit should work with a new lead between the wall socket and the phone. Or you can connect the phone to internet or whatever. May as well bring them if that's the reason for the question

But

[h=2]Telecommunications equipment[/h] [h=3]Telephones, modems, answering and facsimile machines[/h] Telecommunications equipment purchased in another country will not be suitable or safe for use in Australia.

Telecommunications equipment such as telephones, modems, answering machines and facsimile machines may only be connected to an Australian telecommunications network if the equipment bears either the 'RCM' or the 'A-Tick' regulatory compliance mark.

RCM A-Tick

If the equipment does not carry a compliance mark, it is not suitable for use in Australia and it is illegal to connect it to a telecommunications network.

Penalties may be imposed for illegal connection.

 

 

http://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/bringing-communications-equipment-into-australia

Fair enough

I'd still do it, but then I do plenty of other things here I shouldn't as well according to the strict letter of the law (like wire up my own light fittings, rip DVDs I've bought into digital copies for personal use, jaywalk, ride a bicycle without a bell, etc etc etc)

Your call :wink:

Fair enough

 

I'd still do it, but then I do plenty of other things here I shouldn't as well according to the strict letter of the law (like wire up my own light fittings, rip DVDs I've bought into digital copies for personal use, jaywalk, ride a bicycle without a bell, etc etc etc)

 

Your call :wink:

Yeah I did it too, and will probably do it again, but better to know, just in case, let's say your phone line is playing up and a Telstra engineer calls, probably wouldn't do to have a non approved phone connected :elvis:

Phones are cheap as chips anyway, why bother with something that will be illegal? I thought it was something to do with the frequencies used by the cordless phones but not worth the hassle

Never ever use our landline . Our cordless phone just sits there in the office gathering dust. They are cheap as chips to buy here, I wouldn't bother.

Ours has worked for 9 years. Although, no one uses it to be fair. Landlines are a bit pointless these days.